I agree with you. Maine could easily be removed from the map of the US and leave the US looking mostly the same. Big landing strips, low government owned land, good gun laws. And boston is not "too" far away (4 hours from Portland).
Some here would argue that Maine is too Green or Democrat, the job outlook is bleak, Mainers don't like outsiders, etc... there is a strong push against Maine with this group.
Hunt around on here and you will see some of the cons that are mentioned, but I think there are some strong pros for it too...
Personally, my vote is for Alaska or Maine. No matter how good another state looks on paper (and Wyoming looks good), land locked is "suicide" IMHO.
I think New Hampshire would follow Maine, and maybe even Vermont would follow. But that is pure speculation.
If we don't hurry up and make a stand somewhere though, the sheeple will give in and destroy liberty everywhere.
Additions...
BTW, Maine is very wired. Cable modems are pretty well deployed, so any online businesses could do well there.
And, though you may dismiss it, I have floated this idea before.... Countries get assigned TLD (top level domains), like .us for the United States, and .ca for Canada. Well, IF we made ourselves a country, as Maine... the state of Maine is ME, the country of Maine could become .me We could sell the hell out of .me for people all over the world as their personal domain. thor.me THAT revenue could help all of us out, as it could pay for some of the taxes that we would be phasing out.
Just my 2 cents, played again!
